A Timeline of Biotechnology

Most of the developments in biotechnology have taken place in a very short period of time, beginning with the discovery of the molecular structure of DNA. To see how rapidly new technologies were discovered, have a look at the following biotech timeline infographic. Biotech is a technology based on biology. It harnesses cellular and biomolecular processes to develop technologies and products that help improve lives and the health of planet Earth. People have used the biological processes of micro-organisms for more than 6,000 years to make useful food products, such as bread and cheese, and to preserve dairy products.

International cultural and intellectual movement with an eventual goal of fundamentally transforming the human condition by developing and making widely available technologies to enhance greatly human intellectual, physical, and psychological capacities. Moreover, transhumanists tend to take a longer-than-average view of technological progress, looking not just five or ten years into the future but twenty years, thirty years, and beyond.